The 2013IWFWorld Weightlifting Championships have begun in Wroclaw, Poland. The week-long event will take place from Sunday, Oct. 20 to Sunday, Oct. 27, and when it's all said and done, the best in the world in each weight class will be crowned.

Here's a full breakdown on what has transpired and what is soon to come.

According to the event'sentry list, 317 weightlifters from 59 nations will participate at the 2013IWFWorld Weightlifting Championships. Men and women from across the globe will all compete for medals and international supremacy.

The women of weightlifting took center stage on the opening day of action in Poland. At the 48-kilogram level, it was a fresh face who stepped up to dominate the competition: Tan Yayun of China.

Yayun posted the best marks in the snatch, 84 kilograms, and the clean and jerk, 115 kilograms. This added up to a total number of 199 kilograms, thus earning her the first gold medal of the 2013 World Weightlifting Championships.

Behind Yayun was Ryang Chun-Hwa of North Korea, who won silver with a total of 186 kilograms. Carolina Valencia of Mexico earned the bronze medal by checking in at 181 kilograms.

Hsing-Chun Kuo won Chinese Taipei’s first gold medal of this week’s World Championships in the 58kg women’s category, in what was a strange Day 3 in Wroclaw, Poland.

The firm favourite from China, Deng Wei, lifted 108kg in the snatch, to take the lead at the half-way point. Although the eventual winner Kuo lifted the same weight, Wei went top of the leaderboard based on the fact she weighed half a kilogram lighter.

But that’s when it all unraveled for Deng as the Chinese lifter surprisingly failed to register a score in the clean and jerk, which sent her crashing out of the competition.

Kuo benefitted from Deng’s failures to take home top spot, while Ecuador's Maria Alexandra Escobar Guerrero won silver and Elena Shadrina of Russia finished with bronze.

Men's 62kg Results

Event

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Snatch

Kim Un GukNorth Korea 150kg

Lijun ChenChina, 146kg

V S HristovAzerbaijan, 141kg

Cleanand Jerk

O A Figueroa MosqueraColombia, 177kg

Lijun ChenChina, 175kg

V S HristovAzerbaijan, 170kg

Total

Lijun ChenChina, 321kg

Kim Un GukNorth Korea 320kg

O A Figueroa MosqueraColombia, 316kg

It was a case of one kilogram between gold and silver in the men's 62kg category.

Lijun Chen, a 20-year-old lifter from China, pipped Kim Un Guk to the gold medal by a fraction after a consistent display in both the snatch and the clean and jerk.

Oscar Albeiro Figueroa Mosquera, who took bronze, had put himself in contention with a massive lift of 177kg in the clean and jerk but he failed to back it up in the snatch, lifting 139kg.

Tima Turieva became the world champion in the women's 63kg event after lifting a total of 252kg on Day 4 in Wroclaw, Poland.

The Russian led in both the snatch and clean and jerk, the latter due to her lower bodyweight, and she finished the day three kilograms clear of her closest challenger.

Hyang Jo Pok of North Korea took silver, while China's Mengrong Deng rounded off the podium with a total lift of 244kg.

Men's 69kg Results

Event

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Snatch

Hui LiaoChina, 160kg

Oleg ChenRussia, 160kg

Myong Hyok KimNorth Korea, 152kg

Cleanand Jerk

Hui LiaoChina, 198kg

Firidun GuliyevAzerbaijan, 194kg

Myong Hyok KimNorth Korea, 185kg

Total

Hui LiaoChina, 358kg

Oleg ChenRussia, 340kg

Firidun GuliyevAzerbaijan, 337kg

There were two new world records set on Day 4 in Wroclaw.

Liao Hui of China finished atop the podium after lifting a world record of 198kg in the clean and jerk. Hui had led the men's 69kg category after the snatch—due to the fact he weighs slightly less than Oleg Chen—with a lift of 160kg, and when both his scores were combined together it was good enough for another world record. His total lift of 358kg was the first of its kind.

Russia's Chen did enough in the snatch to claim silver, while Firidun Guliyev finished with the bronze medal after a lift of 194kg in the clean and jerk.

Xiang Yanmel handed China their fifth gold medal at the World Championships in Poland.

The 21-year-old brushed aside the rest of the field in the 69kg category, winning comfortably in both the snatch and clean and jerk. Her lift at 145kg in the latter was good enough for first place but she didn't stop there, attempting the lift at 148kg, which she managed on her third go.

The youngest participant in the competition, Un Hui Ryo of North Korea, won the silver medal, while Dzina Sazanavets of Belarus rounded out the podium with a total of 259kg.

Friday was a day for the underdog as China's grip on the weightlifting championships was broken up at least temporarily, with the other world powers clutching at their chance for victory.

Hungary grabbed their first medal of the World Championships and it was gold as Janos Baranyai wiped away the nightmares of his 2008 lifting accident (not for the faint of heart) with a triumph on the Polish stage.

On that occasion, the Hungarian failed in lifting 148kg, over-extending his elbow in a massive way. This time, he obliterated that mark with a lift of 155kg.

That's how one pushed past their demons.

Women's +75kg Results

Event

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Snatch

Yaniuska Isabel Espinosa, Venezuela, 115kg

Mami Shimamoto, Japan, 110kg

Naryury Alexandra Perez Reveron, Venezuela, 109kg

Clean and Jerk

Naryury Alexandra Perez Reveron, Venezuela, 142kg

Yaniuska Isabel Espinosa, Venezuela, 140kg

Shelbie Renee Serpan, USA, 135kg

Total

Yaniuska Isabel Espinosa, Venezuela, 255kg

Naryury Alexandra Perez Reveron, Venezuela, 251kg

Mami Shimamoto, Japan, 243kg

Mami Shimamoto (pictured above) put in a huge effort to fire Japan to their first medal at these World Championships and ultimately brought the Asian nation a bronze prize.

However, it was Venezuela's Yaniuska Isabel Espinosa who stole the headlines of the +75kg category, thanks largely to the titanic snatch that eclipsed some of her opponents' lifts by as much as 25kg.

The two kilogram margin by which she lost out to her compatriot Naryury Alexandra Perez Reveron was acceptable and the South American pair would eventually steal the two top spots on the podium in what was a fine outing for Venezuela.

Russia's Alexandr Ivanov, a silver medalist in the London 2012 Olympics, went one podium place better in Warsaw setting a new world record total for his category to claim gold and become the new world champion. Ivanov's win was also Russia's third consecutive world championship gold at this weight.

Kazachstan dominated the silver and bronze positions through Almas Ulteshov and Vladimir Sedov, with Aliaksandr Makaranka of Belarus eventually finishing in fourth place after only managing to lift 210 kg in the Clean and Jerk.

Local interest, Tomasz Zielinkski, finished in eighth place.

Women's +75kg Results

Event

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Snatch

Kang Yue, China, 126kg

Olga Zubova, Russia, 125kg

Lidia Valentin, Spain, 122kg

Clean and Jerk

Olga Zubova, Russia, 157kg

Nadezhda Yevstyukhina, Russia, 157kg

Kang Yue, China, 150kg

Total

Olga Zubova, Russia, 282kg

Nadezhda Yevstyukhina, Russia, 277kg

Kang Yue, China, 276kg

Completing a Russian clean sweep of the gold medal positions on Day 7 of the World Weightlifting Championships 2013, Olga Zubova became the new Women's world champion in the 75 kg category at the age of just 20 years of age.

She was joined on the next step of the podium by her countrywomen Nadezhda Yevstyukhina with China's Kang Yue taking bronze. Poland's Ewa Mizdal, like her male counterpart in the Men's 94 kg class, finished in eighth place.

Yevstyukhina, the reigning world champion from 2011, fell behind the early leaders in the Snatch, only managing to lift 120 kg in her first and only successful attempt.

Fortunately for the Russian, Spain's Lidia Valentin was only able to record a lift of 138 kg in the Clean and Jerk after her final attempt at lifting 146 kg was ruled as a foul by the judges. That allowed Kang Yue to surge into third with a lift of 150 kg, beaten only by Zubova and Yevstyukhina.

Zubova almost missed out on gold however, with Yevstyukhina trying and failing to reach the 163 kg lift that would have allowed her to retain her title.

Uzbekistan became the fifth country to win a gold medal in Warsaw as Ruslan Nurudinov became the new World Champion with a total of 425 kg, with hosts Poland finally claiming a podium place through Bartlomiej Bonk.

The local hero's bronze placed finish led to Poland becoming the 15th country to win any medal at this year's world championships. Bonk's success follows on from an Olympic bronze at London 2012.

David Bedzhanyan's performance in the Clean and Jerk saw that Russia added another medal to their haul, with the European Championship gold medallist collecting silver, yet he could have snatched the top prize, ordering for a world record breaking weight of 236 kg. Unfortunately his strength on the day failed to match his boldness.

Men's +105kg Results

Event

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Snatch

Ruslan Albegov, Russia, 209kg

Bahador Moulaei, Iran, 203kg

Aleksei Lovchev, Russia, 200kg

Clean and Jerk

Bahador Moulaei, Iran, 255kg

Ruslan Albegov, Russia, 255kg

Artem Udachyn, Ukraine, 232kg

Total

Ruslan Albegov, Russia, 464kg

Bahador Moulaei, Iran, 458kg

Aleksei Lovchev, Russia, 430kg

Ruslan Albegov became Russia's fourth world champion in Warsaw, claiming the gold medal in the +105 kg super heavyweight classification.

The Russian was a bronze medallist at London 2012, and also claimed gold at the 2012 and 2013 European Weightlifting Championships.

Iran's Bahador Moulaei attempted to equal Albegov's total with a final lift of 261 kg in the Clean and Jerk but he failed in his attempt, finishing with silver.

Bronze went to Russia's Aleksei Lovchev who can third in the Snatch and fifth in the Clean and Jerk, with Ukraine's Artem Udachyn's efforts in the second discipline foiled by his inability to record a lift in the Snatch.